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Source Description
The gold necklace has eighteen flattened "Knot of Hercules" links, alternating with hexagonal green agate and spherical blue beads, some of which are missing. A red jasper stone, set in a crimped gold setting shows in intaglio the bust of a man. The gold disk shows Eros leaning on a arrow near Aphrodite, who crouches as she does in the statue by the Greek sculptor Doidalsos. Neither the jasper nor the disk need have originally belonged to the necklace.
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Document identity
localId
28425
label
Necklace with Intaglio Pendant of a Man
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
28425
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Necklace with Intaglio Pendant of a Man
description
The gold necklace has eighteen flattened "Knot of Hercules" links, alternating with hexagonal green agate and spherical blue beads, some of which are missing. A red jasper stone, set in a crimped gold setting shows in intaglio the bust of a man. The gold disk shows Eros leaning on a arrow near Aphrodite, who crouches as she does in the statue by the Greek sculptor Doidalsos. Neither the jasper nor the disk need have originally belonged to the necklace.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st-2nd century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
intaglios (sculptural objects)
pendants (jewelry)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
0.4
height
38
dimensionsRaw
1/8 x 14 15/16 in. (0.35 x 38 cm) (d. x l.);pendant: 15/16 x 9/16 x 1/8 in. (2.35 x 1.37 x 0.35 cm)
Source extras
cul
Roman
med
gold, agate, glass, jasper
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
2054
2704
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
c27392436701ee4b
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
13b2ac9f47f8a3df
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no